Raised by Wolves (TV series)

Raised by Wolves is a British comedy television series. A pilot episode was developed by the BBC and broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 December 2013, and was subsequently ordered to series. It is written by Caitlin Moran and her sister Caroline, and follows a loose account of the siblings' youth in Wolverhampton, transposed to the modern day. The show stars Helen Monks and Alexa Davies as the oldest sisters in a large family raised by an unconventional single mother.

A six-part series began broadcasting on Channel 4 on 16 March 2015.^[1] A second six-part series was filmed in late 2015. It began broadcasting on 2 March 2016.^[2] On 9 August 2016, the show was cancelled.^[3]

On October 18, 2016, Caitlin & Caroline Moran started a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to make a third series of the show. If the campaign had received £320, 000 by November 20, 2016, a special one-off episode, or if more money was donated a third series would have been made, which if the campaign was successful, would have premiered in late 2017.^[4] The campaign was unsuccessful and the show's future is now unclear.

Raised by Wolves received general acclaim; The Daily Telegraph called it "terrific" and "refreshingly honest", as "every one-liner was a zinger." ^[5] while The Independent said it was "great fun".^[6] and "had joie de vivre to spare".^[7] The Guardian ^[8] and The Observer also praised the show, with the latter calling it "highly moreish." ^[9] Amidst this acclaim, in a review of the pilot episode, The Herald complained about the focus on a character's first period, labelling the comedy "a bloody mess".^[10]

With the arrival of the second series in 2016, the Radio Times declared that "the comedy gets even better. And filthier." ^[11]

The first series attracted an average of 1.3m viewers and 6.3% share of audience per episode, making it Channel 4’s second highest-rating comedy of 2015 to date.^[2]

Cast

• Rebekah Staton as Della Garry
• Philip Jackson as Grampy
• Helen Monks as Germaine Garry
• Alexa Davies as Aretha Garry
• Molly Risker as Yoko Garry
• Caden Ellis Wall as Wyatt Garry
• Kaine Zajaz as Lee Rhind
• Erin Freeman as Mariah Garry
• Brandon Fellows as Callum
• Erin Kellyman as Cathy
• Paul Higgins as Sean (Series 2)

Episodes

Pilot (2013)

Series 1 (2015)

Series 2 (2016)

References

External links

• Raised by Wolves at British Comedy Guide
• Raised by Wolves at the Internet Movie Database